Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
BEIJING—China will soon order 184 Airbus A320 family aircraft, French President Emmanuel Macron said, as the manufacturer moves to increase output at its Chinese assembly line. Macron and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, encouraged Airbus and Chinese partners to explore further cooperation in relation to the A330, A350 and A380, according to a joint statement issued during the French president’s visit to China.
Airbus A330-900s are likely to be included in a big aircraft acquisition agreement expected to be announced on Jan. 9 during a visit to China by French President Emmanuel Macron.
